2015 - Volume 2 - Issue 1 Articles
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Case Report | ArticleNovember 25, 2014 | Pages : 205 - 450Abstract Acute-on-chronic liver failure develops in a setting of acute decompensation of chronic liver disease, associated with organ failure and high mortality rate. Many causes have been described as the “trigger event”. Viral hepatitis A, B and E is co.....
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Research Article | ArticleNovember 28, 2014 | Pages : 205 - 450Abstract Background: Normal alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels do not necessarily imply normal liver pathology. We aimed to observe differencesin liver inflammation during the immune tolerance phase of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection according to.....
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Review Article | ArticleBy Axel Eickhoff Albrecht Wolff Alexander Genthner Alexander Schwarzenboeck Christian Frenzel Johannes Schulze Rolf Teschke Wolfgang Schmidt-TaenzerJanuary 31, 2015 | Pages : 205 - 450Abstract Considerable clinical and regulatory interests exist for herbal hepatotoxicity, also called herb induced liver injury [HILI]. It often is uncertain whether causality can firmly be attributed to a specific herbal preparation marketed as tea, vegetable.....
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Editorial | ArticleFebruary 10, 2015 | Pages : 205 - 450Abstract Hepatitis viruses (HAV, HBV, HCV, HDV and HEV) are attributed to a wide spectrum of acute and chronic liver diseases, including carcinomas. Worldwide, >250 million become chronically infected by HBV and ~150 million by HCV every year. Though, new hep.....
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Case Report | ArticleFebruary 25, 2015 | Pages : 205 - 450Abstract A short therapy for hepatitis C is possible considering the strategy of triple therapy with new second generation DAAs (direct antiviral agents) or interferon free therapy. While in the past telaprevir was used in triple therapy, the CONCISE study pr.....